Peter Faullks (born 24 April 1988) is an

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er for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

in the

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(AFL) and the

Peel Thunder Football Club The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...

in the

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(WAFL). Originally from the

Calder Cannons The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the Talent League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was f ...

in the

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, he played for Victoria in the 2006

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. He was then drafted by

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with the 65th selection in the 2006 AFL draft, but was delisted after two years at the club without making his AFL debut. Faulks then returned to Melbourne and played in the

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, firstly for the

Casey Scorpions The Casey Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East. The club, which was previously known as the Springvale Football Club (1903–2005) and the Casey Scorpions (2 ...

in 2009 before switching to Williamstown in 2010. He performed well for Williamstown and was selected in the Victorian state team in 2010. Prior to the 2010 AFL draft,

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arranged a deal with the new Gold Coast club to obtain Faulks in return for trading selection 55 for selection 61. As part of the player drafting concessions provided to Gold Coast, they had the right to draft or trade any player who had previously been drafted and delisted by an AFL team. Faulks had to wait until round 21 of the 2011 AFL season to make his AFL debut, against Carlton at

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. In his second AFL game, against Collingwood at

, he was stretchered from the ground after fracturing his cheekbone in a collision with Cameron Wood. Peter was delisted by Fremantle at the conclusion of the 2013 AFL season, having played just the one game (round 23). He returned to Williamstown and played up until the end of 2018. Faulks played a total of 96 games with the VFL Seagulls, kicking 7 goals, including the 2015 premiership victory over Box Hill at Docklands Stadium. He finished in equal third place in the 2010 Club best and fairest award and was selected in the VFL Team-of-the-Year in 2010 and 2015 and was a VFL representative player in 2010 and 2016. Faulks transferred to Echuca in 2019.

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WAFL Player Profile and Statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faulks, Peter 1988 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Calder Cannons players Casey Demons players Williamstown Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian sportsmen